INHABITING THK MALAYAN INSULA. 99 

 conlaiiied in hh baj^ga^e, wliicii must be 

 nnlbldftd and examined in del ail and which 

 they as surely ask for »i$ a gift; tlicii the 

 traveller must consider himself as n arncfi, 

 and direct Ids particular attention to the 

 tliiiifTs vvliich were asked for, as tliey are 

 in danger of disappeariog. 



1 recollect tliat, when journeying in Jo- 

 hole, every time I reached a campon(j of 

 Jakuns, and entered any house where i 

 intended to stop, at once a woman of the 

 lamily took a basket, went away, and a few 

 minutes after entered again witli some k la- 

 dees or other vegetable , which were cooked 

 and presented to me about half an hour 

 after my arrival. When the next day I ol- 

 tered to them some small articles as a re- 

 turn, they received them with some ap- 

 pearance of shame; so much so, that I was 

 obliged to show tiiem that this was not a 

 j>resent, but a debt; and that I was only 

 doing according to tin? custom of mv native 



